Ciastko is already well established as a successful chef and entrepreneur. He owns Impressive Catering Service and the Tea Kettle Restaurant, both of which are in Old Saybrook.

Now Ciastko has launched a new venture — Tea Kettle Gourmet Cafe — which is located in the Westbrook Outlets.

Ciastko’s latest venture, which opened at end of August in a 1,300-square-foot space at the retail center, is different than his restaurant of the same name. The restaurant serves hot foods and is open only for breakfast and lunch.

Tea Kettle Gourmet Cafe focuses on lunch and dinner and offers such fare as smoothies, organic coffee, specialty teas, organic salads and gourmet wraps, as well as baked goods.

“It was something a little different than what I’m doing now and I wanted to try it,” Ciastko said.

Tea Kettle Gourmet Cafe represents the latest effort to diversify the offerings at the outlet center since a Paris-based company, Hoche Partners Re4al Estate, bought it from Tanger Outlets for $40 million in May 2017. The retail center is run by the New Jersey-based Levin Management Corp.

“Tea Kettle Gourmet Café is a welcome addition to Westbrook Outlets,” said Lawrence Platt, the leasing agent with Levin Management who arranged the long-term lease. “We are confident that Westbrook Outlets shoppers will welcome the addition of this quality dining tenant. Tea Kettle Gourmet Café is a great example of the diverse options we are working to incorporate here for our patrons.”

Westbrook Outlets has only one other sit-down restaurant, a local pizza parlor. But Levin Management is marketing several free-standing development outparcels surrounding the retail complex for possible restaurant or hotel development.

The center’s tenants include such retailers as H&M, Bass Factory Outlet, Hollister and Williams-Sonoma.